scats
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I had a new Kent and masters fitted to a new horse last summer. Saddler brought van full of saddles and it was the Kent and masters that fitted, with medium gullet fitted. Rode in it very briefly and it seemed ok. Saddler said to see how I got on and ring if any problems.
Horse was in very light hacking work for first 5-6 weeks. I remember, particularly once in trot, that I found the saddle kept putting me into a chair seat. This is never a problem Id suffered with position-wise before and I hated it. No matter what I did, I couldnt get into a normal position, particularly in trot. I also noticed that there was uneven grease/hair under the saddlecloth- notably to the back, showing that there was obviously more weight at the back of the saddle. I also felt the horse was starting to hollow. I spoke to the saddler again and they came back out. They said that the horse had gone up a gullet size and that might explain the tipping back. So they changed to a wider gullet and told me the saddle was pretty much a perfect fit now. I questioned that the tipping back and uneven wear had been noticeable pretty much straight away after the last visit, so I wasnt sure it was to do with needing a wider gullet. Saddler said it could well be my horses conformation doing this then and not the saddle.
They told me to ride in it a few weeks and see what happened. To be honest, I didnt feel much difference in the way it sat me at all but a few weeks later, the horse needed some time off over winter so I didnt get the saddler back until horse returned to work earlier this year.
Horse had gone up a gullet size again so they sorted that but Im still having the same problem with the dreadful chair seat, the horse is hollowing and when I checked my saddlecloth-
The wear on the saddlecloth may well be because the saddle is throwing me to the back of it, but I just cant seem to sit in it any other way. When I tried the horse I dont remember having this problem at all, so I dont think its the horses confirmation, as the saddler said.
I have a Thorowgood on the Diva and that sits me absolutely perfectly. The same saddlers fitted this for me and have fitted several others of mine over the years with no problems.
Is this a common problem with the Kent and masters??
Im now after a reccomendation for a saddle fitter in the north west, if anyone knows any. To be honest, i want shut of the thing and a different saddle fitting, but Id be interested in getting another opinion on it while Im at it.
Horse was in very light hacking work for first 5-6 weeks. I remember, particularly once in trot, that I found the saddle kept putting me into a chair seat. This is never a problem Id suffered with position-wise before and I hated it. No matter what I did, I couldnt get into a normal position, particularly in trot. I also noticed that there was uneven grease/hair under the saddlecloth- notably to the back, showing that there was obviously more weight at the back of the saddle. I also felt the horse was starting to hollow. I spoke to the saddler again and they came back out. They said that the horse had gone up a gullet size and that might explain the tipping back. So they changed to a wider gullet and told me the saddle was pretty much a perfect fit now. I questioned that the tipping back and uneven wear had been noticeable pretty much straight away after the last visit, so I wasnt sure it was to do with needing a wider gullet. Saddler said it could well be my horses conformation doing this then and not the saddle.
They told me to ride in it a few weeks and see what happened. To be honest, I didnt feel much difference in the way it sat me at all but a few weeks later, the horse needed some time off over winter so I didnt get the saddler back until horse returned to work earlier this year.
Horse had gone up a gullet size again so they sorted that but Im still having the same problem with the dreadful chair seat, the horse is hollowing and when I checked my saddlecloth-
The wear on the saddlecloth may well be because the saddle is throwing me to the back of it, but I just cant seem to sit in it any other way. When I tried the horse I dont remember having this problem at all, so I dont think its the horses confirmation, as the saddler said.
I have a Thorowgood on the Diva and that sits me absolutely perfectly. The same saddlers fitted this for me and have fitted several others of mine over the years with no problems.
Is this a common problem with the Kent and masters??
Im now after a reccomendation for a saddle fitter in the north west, if anyone knows any. To be honest, i want shut of the thing and a different saddle fitting, but Id be interested in getting another opinion on it while Im at it.
